Native metals and meteorites
Heavy, malleable, and unmistakable once you have held the real thing. Weight in the hand does more of the identification here than color ever will.
5 entries, each with field marks, look-alike tells, and what the collecting rules actually say.
Coppercommonmineral · Mohs 2.5-3copper-red, reddish-brown, brown
Goldcommonmineral · Mohs 2.5-3gold-yellow, silver-white, copper-red
Meteoriterareigneous · Mohs 5-8black, brown, gray
Platinumraremineral · Mohs 4-4.5silvery-white, light steel-gray, whitish steel gray
Silveruncommonmineral · Mohs 2.5-3silver-white, gray, black
